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Cuéntame cómo pasó in the Olympics – all is revealed

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Whilst watching the Olympic ceremonies, we were surprised to see a clip from the Spanish series Cuéntame cómo pasó projected onto the house during the “modern era” segment of the opening ceremony. In it, you could clearly hear Antonio telling his daughter “there are fashions, and then there are fashions”. It’s a famous clip from the first series. Cuéntame cómo pasó is a (very good) TVE series that explores the development of a Spanish family during Continue reading Cuéntame cómo pasó in the Olympics – all is revealed→

Get your Olympic tickets! Unwanted Spanish tickets to be flogged on the open market

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Thousands of coveted Olympics tickets will be made available today after Spain admitted it cannot sell its generous allocation. In a farcical development which will infuriate ticketless Britons, the recession-hit country has been left with stacks of unwanted tickets – even for the opening and closing ceremonies and men’s 100 metres final. The Spanish Olympic Committee initially offered the tickets through the Fnac music and books store chain but, after several months, only a handful Continue reading Get your Olympic tickets! Unwanted Spanish tickets to be flogged on the open market→

The “offensive” advert

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Colin Davies brought this story to my attention (can’t see how I didn’t spot it before!). It’s a full page ad that the Spanish Basketball association ran (see it here on elpais.com), which shows the Spanish Olympic Basketball team, in full regalia, pulling the sides of their eyes up to try to imitate “oriental” eyes. Whilst sitting on a chinese dragon. The Spanish Embassy in China told El Pais “that we do not consider this Continue reading The “offensive” advert→

Minister stakes shirt on Olympics

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I do love a good story like this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7548855.stm Minister Gerry Sutcliffe has bet his shirt on one of the fiercest rivalries in world sport: Britain v Australia. The sports minister promised to wear the Old Enemy’s green and gold if Team GB is beaten in the Beijing Olympic medals table. Meanwhile, his Australian counterpart is offering to don red, white and blue if Britain does better. In 2004 Australia won 49 medals and Continue reading Minister stakes shirt on Olympics→